An enlarged, more powerful successor to the original Vega, with a wider first stage and a redesigned second stage to increase payload capacity by around 60 percent. A second-stage nozzle failure destroyed its second flight in December 2022, grounding the vehicle for nearly two years before a redesigned nozzle returned it to service.
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Vehicle ClassLight-lift solid-fuel expendable launch vehicle 2 Manufacturer First Flight Date StatusOperational, returned to flight in late 2024 after a grounding following its December 2022 failure. 2 Status
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Source Vega C (Wikipedia)
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Source European Space Agency: History
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1. Vega C (Wikipedia)
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Vega C, or Vega Consolidation, is a European expendable, medium-lift launch vehicle developed and produced by Avio.
Has Vehicle Class: Expendable Launch System, Lead sentence
Vega C, or Vega Consolidation, is a European expendable, medium-lift launch vehicle developed and produced by Avio.
View the Source2. European Space Agency: History
European Space Agencyhttps://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Transportation/Launch_vehicles/Vega
Vega-C, a more powerful version of Vega with a larger fairing debuted in 2022.
- Operated By: Arianespace
- Part Of: Vega
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